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05-14-2017 - 12:41
Margaret (SP fan)
Peter D. --
This video gives very realistic examples of
how NOT to treat other people on the mob, and why.
Please watch the entire video, and please pay
attention to what the narrator says.
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05-08-2017 - 19:45
Margaret (SP fan)
mook --
PTC malfunctions far too often. It apparently
is not at all rugged or user-friendly -- but,
then, what computer program is ever really user-
friendly? They are all written by super-geek
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05-08-2017 - 12:20
Margaret (SP fan)
From what I have been hearing while listening
to an LA area feed on railroadradio.net, PTC
is not working well at all. I have too often heard
crews talking about getting "red hash marks" on
th
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05-04-2017 - 17:01
Margaret (SP fan)
Yes, the Santa Fe 3751 will be at the Fullerton Railroad Days
this year, May 6 and 7. She will leave her home at Amtrak's
Redondo Junction facility on Friday, May 5, and run with a
BNSF diesel ahe
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05-03-2017 - 21:13
Margaret (SP fan)
Ken --
It takes a huge amount of research and thus time to
put out any railfan timetable, and David has stated
a number of times that he does not have the time to
do that, even if the railroads w
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05-02-2017 - 01:42
Margaret (SP fan)
Espee2472 Wrote:
....SNIP.....
> where are they going to connect to
> bart at?
THAT is the $64 million-dollar question! BART runs in
the middle of an 8-lane freeway -- I 580 -- so a cross-
pl
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04-27-2017 - 16:04
Margaret (SP fan)
SP5103 --
Thank you very, very much for the correction.
I will correct that on the other sites I posted on.
And, yes, a long, long bus drive all night long
is not easy on anyone. Very hard to s
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04-27-2017 - 15:47
Margaret (SP fan)
Espee2472 --
Thanks for the info about the old easy-to-use
access road, and the new one. Sigh.....
And, yes, these classic bridges have not been made
for a long, long time, so there are no long
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04-27-2017 - 14:49
Margaret (SP fan)
The UP stated on their website "this outage
will last up to 30 days". Not 2 weeks.
https://www.up.com/customers/announcements/customernews/generalannouncements/CN2017-28.html
Access to the si
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04-26-2017 - 12:55
Margaret (SP fan)
Hey -- that IS VERY cool! I had no idea
Glen had any relatives in the EBMRS in
Emeryville. Thanks for this fascinating
info, Ken!
Yes, people do catch the railfan "bug"
from relatives, usuall
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04-24-2017 - 23:34
Margaret (SP fan)
Wow..... Thank you very much for this link.
I would never have found this great video without it.
Those are two VERY impressive locomotives! They
look like 4-8-4s, and the whistling is gorgeous
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04-24-2017 - 15:49
Margaret (SP fan)
Thank you very much for the link. I had no idea that
any of the Ocean Shore cars had survived! That is
wonderful And it is even more wonderful that that
one surviving car is being restored. Wow.
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04-23-2017 - 15:26
Margaret (SP fan)
Commenter Wrote:
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> Who said "Niagra Falls" and who's knee is
> twitching (as he slowly turns)?
?????
What on earth are you talking abou
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04-23-2017 - 15:20
Margaret (SP fan)
For those who are interested, here is the
"rrpicturearchives.net" page on the locomotive
that caught fire, the BNSF 4018:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=10162
She is a G
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04-19-2017 - 21:26
Margaret (SP fan)
HOWARD Wrote:
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> Rail is on metal fixed rail systems that are
> expensive to maintain. Vehicles are on
> rubber-wheels that are more mobile
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04-19-2017 - 14:09
Margaret (SP fan)
And all this high tech is being done to support only
automobiles and trucks and buses and vans -- sigh.....
The money has got to go to rail -- to true mass transportation,
and not to rubber-tied
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04-17-2017 - 13:01
Margaret (SP fan)
137. The real cause of BART's voltage spikes, according to OldPoleBurner -- his March 25, 2016, post
What OldPoleBurner wrote back on March 25, 2016,
seems to be the REAL cause of the "mysterious"
voltage spikes BART has been experiencing:
http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,131
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04-14-2017 - 14:55
Margaret (SP fan)
Ken --
THANK you VERY much for your VERY brave and kind apology.
You are a REAL MAN, and brave, to apologize in public.
I completely accept your kind apology.
To all --
Yes, we all make mista
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04-11-2017 - 23:43
Margaret (SP fan)
The "Californian" ran between Chicago and Los Angeles
via the Rock Island's "Golden State" route and the SP's
"Sunset" route.
What's NOT to LOVE about a Daylight in full dress
with a long train
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03-24-2017 - 18:11
Margaret (SP fan)
140. Re: Winterail
Snowman Wrote:
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> Mike Pechner Wrote:
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> -----
> > I am sure you were kidding Snowman.
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03-10-2017 - 21:35
Margaret (SP fan)
Wow!! That is a stunning shot! THANK you
VERY much for posting it here! I was there --
paced the side-by-side, which was one of the
best times in my life! Sheer nirvana for me,
because I absol
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03-08-2017 - 02:44
Margaret (SP fan)
Man -- those are superb models! If the thread
title had not included the word "modelers",
I would never have realized that the first
photo was of a model. It looked just like
just an ordinary we
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03-04-2017 - 22:11
Margaret (SP fan)
Bravo, "Gothic Albany"! Very well done and very funny!
Quite detailed and very well-written. You really hit it out
of the park with that post!
(I can take a joke -- LOLOL!)
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03-03-2017 - 18:26
Margaret (SP fan)
Sorry for the duplicate post. Could not figure
out how to get pictures to show as pictures, so
here is my post with links tat actually work:
LOILOL! I see my love of the MH 89's lovely
faded c
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03-03-2017 - 18:12
Margaret (SP fan)
LOILOL! I see my love of the MH 89's lovely
faded colors seems to have spread far and wide --
LOL! I like the pastel baby blue and yellow
and deep pink colors. YMMV, as always, and in
her cas
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03-03-2017 - 14:35
Margaret (SP fan)
John Bauer wrote --
> Seems to me that Vic would have as much trouble driving
> the dangerous roads going south as Californians would
> have coming north.
That is true. However, he lives up
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03-03-2017 - 12:09
Margaret (SP fan)
147. Re: Yo Railbaron!
Railbaron Wrote:
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> If I came across as "rude" I apologize for that
> but I am still trying to figure out why Margaret
> made a blanket claim
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03-02-2017 - 15:36
Margaret (SP fan)
THANK you VERY much,"TakeItFromMe" and Craig Tambo!!
What a pleasant surprise your posts were! I really
appreciate the understanding and support. "Railbaraon"
was rather rude to me, and his rem
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03-01-2017 - 21:18
Margaret (SP fan)
SPC Wrote ---
> What is PBCAHSR?
Parsons Brinckerhoff California High sped Rail
From Wikipedia:
"Parsons Brinckerhoff is a multinational engineering
and design firm with approximately 14,0
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03-01-2017 - 16:55
Margaret (SP fan)
Yes, taking Amtrak to Albany or Eugene, and renting a car
sounds great, but the trouble is that Winterail is held in the
winter, and driving in Oregon in the winter can be dangerous.
The big p
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